Gosh, this past week seemed to fly by faster than usual.  I guess it's Friday because my calendar says it is.

Brian and Veronique came to visit us on Monday for a couple days and we had a great visit.  Brian was in Paris recently to visit her and she flew back to the States with him, but she returns to Paris on Sunday as she has to resume her job on Monday.  So I'm glad they got to get up here.  I really enjoy their company and I always take the opportunity with Veronique for her to help me with words in French that I'm unsure of the pronunciation.  I'm back to practicing with my Rosetta Stone, so hope to have improved my French phrases and words more by October.

Duncan and Brie were very happy to have them here visiting also.  Duncan adores Brian and the feeling is mutual.  Brian joked a few times that if we're tired of Duncan, he's more than happy to take him.  I'm afraid that'll never happen!  Brian will have to get his own Scottie.

Making their visit extra special was that I celebrated Mother's Day with them on Monday.  They brought me a box of chocolates, a bottle of champagne and Brian got me a wonderful rose bush.  It's called Goldilocks and they're yellow roses!  Which he knows is my absolute favorite color for roses.  So he helped me get it replanted into a container and I now have it out near the fish pond.

And my new fish arrived on Tuesday.  The ones in the pond seem to be doing well, but they've been mostly hiding.  Think they have to get used to their home.  However, the two Ryukin goldfish that I put into my aquarium here in my writer's studio settled in very quickly.   I'm enjoying them a lot.  So meet Renoir and Monet.......

I also reached a milestone with my publishing process this past week.  I did up an outline of Book #2, along with the first fifty pages and got that packet off into the mail to my editor.  My contract had said they wanted that before June 1, so I was ahead of schedule.  And now I wait to see if they like my story.  So I've been taking some "play time" with visiting, tending to my fish and birds, doing some container gardening.  I ordered about six new flowers/plants to put along the fish pond.  And I've been doing lots of reading, as usual.  I'm reading a very good book right now and I'll share it with you when I finish.

So that's it from my little island for this time.  Have a great weekend and I'll see you here next time.....